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Coming off their second consecutive top-10 finish, Bobby Labonte and the
#43 Cheerios/Totino's Pizza Rolls Dodge team head to the two-mile
California Speedway, located in the city of Fontana, for Sunday
night's California 500. Labonte's #43 Dodge will be carrying
the colors of Totino's Pizza Rolls this Labor Day weekend.
It's the second time that Totino's Pizza Rolls has been on
the car this season.

The team is looking to continue their success of recent finishes of ninth
and eighth. Labonte has moved into the 17th point's position the
past two weeks. The team is 156 points out of 15tth and only 52 points
out of 16th. Labonte has had success in California.

He will be making his 15th start at the track on Sunday. He has finished
second on two different occasions and in the top-five a total of four
times. He has five top-10 finishes at California Speedway.
Sunday's start will be his 499th career start.

Comments from Labonte heading into this weekend's California 500:

"It's a different race. It's a twilight
race. The track totally changes once the sun goes down. It's a
totally different game plan than what we've had for the past two
races. We have that element of knowing that the track is going to
drastically change as the race goes on, and it's a long race too.
It's a long 500 miles as we go through the evening and into the
night. That means we have to be on top of the track and ahead of the
changes during the race.

"Michigan and Bristol, we had a good idea of what we
were getting into once the race started. The track or weather conditions
didn't change drastically. This race, we're going to see the
sun at the start, but it's going to go down throughout the event.
It's not the race or the track that is the challenge, but
it's the change in track conditions that affect the handling that
makes it tough.

"You will see the teams that have already come to the
top this season run well here. They are good teams and adapt to the
changes. I think we can be one of those teams too. The change with Doug
coming in and helping us has made a big difference. He has done a lot of
good things for us on top of the pit box during the past two races.
That's what it's going to take Sunday night, and I think Doug
is easily capable of doing that.

"You think if you have a good run at Michigan that it
will translate to California, but that hasn't been the case all the
time. They tracks have a lot of the same characteristics, but they are
different. It's a different line or lines to get around
California. We haven't had the success we have liked with Petty
Enterprises at California yet. Who knows? Maybe Doug has the answers we
are looking for. We have had good cars, but we haven't had the
finishes. Hopefully that will change this weekend.

"It feels good to have some good runs, and we
don't want to stop now. The momentum can help us build for next
year, but it's helping us right now too. There are a lot of races
left and we can get into the top 15 in points. We can get higher than
that too. Right now, it's one race at a time. Every race is a
building process with Doug and with the team. We are off to a good start
and it has made us better. We just need to continue that."